Our pets bring a lot of joy into our lives despite the fact that we have to feed them, groom them and clean up their poop, and even though they don't like to admit it our pets get a kick out of having us around too.
But sometimes a comfy home and human companionship aren't enough for our bored and jaded pets, so they start looking for ways to get their kicks outside the home.
And, as this EatMyPaint comic shows, that's when we're reminded that pet ownership is a countdown to heartbreak, so don't show your dog how to ride a motorcycle no matter how much they beg!
Sven has a cat named Muldar who is a genius. He wants what he wants and no human shenanigans are going to stop him. Closing the door? Pfft! Muldar will just open it. Set a pan of water in front of the door? Not a problem. For Muldar. For Sven, it's a problem.
Sven noted that the water pan was added to keep Muldar from scratching at the door, and that putting a round knob on the door (as has been recently suggested) would make no difference. I concur; Muldar would just figure out how to open a door with a round knob. -via reddit
Knowledge is the key to survival and therefore survival is a state of mind, and when it comes to staying alive in a world where survival of the fittest is the order of the day mental fitness matters most. So the best way to prepare for a lifetime of stayin' alive is to fill your head with survival tips that may come in handy someday.
Wondering what to do when you're stuck in quicksand? Keep calm and backstroke towards solid ground.
Afraid you're going to end up stuck in the wild without a slingshot, water holder, fire starter, fishing bobber or surgical gloves? Bring some condoms along and you'll have the ultimate survival multi-tool right in your pocket!
As we age, we expect to develop wrinkles as our skin dries and loses elasticity. However, that's not the only change that happens. Whether or not you are in the habit of looking in the mirror, you may be surprised one day to notice how different your face has become. A variety of health and aging experts tell us what's going on. Plastic surgery professor Alexes Hazen says,
If you look at the faces of young people, regardless of weight, their faces are full and full of convexities! As we age the fat in our faces dissipates and also descends southward or down due to aging of the structures and gravity. The bony component remains stable but all of the rest ages and changes. We typically see noses that look longer and hence bigger, this is due to drooping of that structure, ear lobules that are longer and hanging, and the same phenomenon with the jawline and the chin even! In the midface we see prominent high cheekbones look lower and less defined. Usually lips thin out a bit as well. All these factors influence the shape and appearance of the face.
Keeping a youthful-looking face is part genetics, which you can't control, and part factors we can control. But it's more than just skin care -it's a matter of overall health. Read more about how our faces change with age at Gizmodo. -via Digg
Bob Ross was just as famous for his personality and presentation as his teaching skills, and even though his videos were made to be easy to follow most people I know preferred to simply watch Bob paint than follow along.
That's because most people who have never painted before assume they'll suck at painting no matter how good the teacher, but when BuzzFeedVideo asked amateurs to learn from the coolest painting instructor ever they gave it a shot.
So was a lesson from Bob Ross enough to make them overcome their fear of creating a crappy painting? Tune in and find out! (NSFW language)
The refreshing properties of frozen pickles should not be new to Neatorama readers. We've posted about pickle sickles, pickle soda, and Kool-Aid pickles. Every day, more people find out that they're not the only one who takes a sip of juice from the pickle jar occasionally. That habit goes nationwide this summer, when Sonic Drive-ins roll out a new flavor in their extensive slush menu- pickle juice slushes!
We tasted the drink at Sonic’s headquarters in Oklahoma City, and it’s surprisingly delicious (and makes a good accompaniment to burgers and/or tots and/or corn dogs.) Sweet and tangy, the bright brine compensates for the over-savoriness you might have been worried about. You won’t understand why, but you’ll keep going back for more sips, likely until it’s all gone. Our only gripe is that the slush is a bit too sweet, as if overcorrecting for the acidity, but maybe this is what has to happen for America to acclimate to—and embrace—pickle-flavored soft drink.
Being trapped inside a video game seems like it would be a gamer's dream come true, especially if they had unlimited lives and were trapped in a game they already knew and loved.
However, the experience wouldn't be quite so magical if they were trapped in a game with a bunch of their fellow gamers, since the annoying banter and maddening bravado would detract from the overall experience.
But if they could look past the annoying personalities and work together as a team they could become the stuff of legend, which would help distract them from the grim reality of being trapped in a virtual world for the rest of their natural lives...
The Lion's Blaze is a super fun animated short by OlanRogers that turns the "trapped in a virtual world" trope on its head, making the prospect of being trapped in a game world seem like a nerdy nightmare.
Uncle Sam may not have your best interests at heart, and he may want you to do terrible things in the name of patriotism, but Uncle Scrooge McDuck only wants to make your life an adventure-and if he happens to make a gold coin or ten in the process then so be it. But whether there's a profit to be made or not Scrooge will finance your mystery-solving expedition, and he may even send his nephews along to make sure things go smoothly! So forget Sam, join up with Scrooge and turn your life into the stuff of adventure tales!
Add an animated call to action to your geeky wardrobe with this I Want YOU to Solve a Mystery or Rewrite History t-shirt by Aaron Morales, it's a timeless blast from the past that'll quack people up wherever you go!
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, by most accounts, is around 5' 7" tall, yet he appears taller in pictures. That is due to a set of tricks he's memorized or internalized for those times when a camera is around. Nick Douglas, who admits to being 5' 6", studied those photos and tried a few of the tricks himself. Some worked better than others.
We found three basic tricks for looking tall next to other people:
Get closer to the camera, but “cheat out” by turning a bit toward the camera, to imply you’re as far away as your companion.
Maintain excellent posture. Shoulders back, chin up, legs straight. But like Zuckerberg, look casual, not like you’re standing at attention.
Wear a hat, and wear it high.
Find the shortest person in the group, and stand next to them.
Foodies often have a particular dish, ingredient or dessert that reminds them of their childhood, and whenever their senses are treated to the comforting sight, smell and taste of that familiar food all feels right in the world again.
For food vlogger Li Ziqi that childhood fave food is crispy fried noodles, a dish which she lovingly prepares in this meditative video recipe that showcases the time honored tradition of preparing food from scratch.
Unless you happen to be a Russian history buff, you probably don’t know much about Czar Alexander III. But if you’re a fan of Fabergé eggs, you have him (and Carl Fabergé, of course) to thank for them.
HOW EGGS-CITING
In 1885 the emperor, or czar, of Russia, Alexander III, placed an order with his jeweler for a decorative Easter egg for his wife, the czarina Marie Feodorovna. Alexander had given his wife jeweled Easter eggs before: Easter was the most important holiday on the Russian Orthodox calendar, and eggs were traditionally given as gifts. But this year’s egg would be different, because Alexander placed his order with a new jeweler: 38-year-old Carl Fabergé.
Fabergé differed from other jewelers who served the Imperial court in that he was more interested in clever design and exquisite craftsmanship than in merely festooning his creations with gold and precious gems (though his eggs would have plenty of those) without showing much imagination. “Expensive things interest me little if the value is merely in so many diamonds and pearls,” he said.
NEST EGG
That first Imperial Easter egg was very plain indeed, but only on the surface: known today simply as the 1885 Hen Egg, it was 2½ inches long and made of gold but had a plain white enamel shell to give it the appearance of an ordinary duck egg. When the two halves of the egg were pulled apart, they revealed a golden yolk that in turn opened to reveal a golden hen “surprise” sitting on a nest of golden straw. The hen was hinged at its tail feathers and split open to reveal a small golden replica of the Imperial crown; hanging from the crown was a tiny ruby pendant that Marie Feodorovna could wear around her neck on a gold chain that came with the egg.
You can get a photograph printed on pretty much anything these days. Redditor angelinthehallway posted this photo of her bed, graced with a blanket she received for Christmas. Her husband ordered it through Walmarts photo-printing kiosk. He is also a redditor, and had to jump in to claim that yes, it was his face on the blanket. And he posted a picture of Christmas Day at their home to prove it.
I think they should hang this in the windows as a curtain, facing out. The neighbors would freak out, as well as anyone passing by. And as a bonus, the people inside wouldn't have to look at it on the bed.
Most villains become twisted and evil after some terrible event turns their heart black while others are simply born that way, growing up as bad boys or girls and outcasts in a world full of goodie-goodies.
Now those who are born villains have a natural advantage over those who become villains later on in life, and they learn early on that damn near every goodie-two-shoes' can be turned into a baddie-two-boots if you offer them something they really want- like a merit badge.
This test was given to World War I recruits at Fort Devens to assess their literacy. While the question are obviously designed to test reading comprehension and vocabulary, the rhythm and increasing difficulty as well as the philosophical quality of the barrage of questions make it sound poetic. I'm reminded of the song "Blowin' in the Wind," which is also a list of thought-provoking questions. There's more to the test, which you can find at Google Books. But I wonder how you score a question like "Are intervals of repose appreciated?" Knowing what "intervals" and "repose" mean doesn't mean it's appreciated. Found at Futility Closet. -via Nag on the Lake
Last weekend at the annual Crufts Dog Show, a Papillion named Tinklebury Bingo had a memorable second round run in the agility course. The dog was suffering from either stage fright or a brain fart, but once the clock ensured that there was really no competition in the balance, the judge took things into his own hands, literally.
